Walnut Park, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0683402, place: Walnut Park CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,300 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 336 (6.34%)
Kindergarten: 367 (6.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,488 (46.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,150 (21.7%)
College or graduate school: 959 (18.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,693 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,724 (42.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,805 (20.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,584 (18.22%)
Some college, no degree: 911 (10.48%)
Associate degree: 237 (2.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 351 (4.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 81 (0.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 36.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,522 (100%)
Never married: 4,493 (38.99%)
Now married, except separated: 5,735 (49.77%)
Separated: 397 (3.45%)
Total Widowed: 440 (3.82%)
Widowed Female: 348 (3.02%)
Total Divorced: 457 (3.97%)
Divorced Female: 304 (2.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,056 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 233 (22.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,775 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 311 (2.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,741 (100%)
--With a disability: 376 (7.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,658 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,929 (22.28%)
----Percent employed: 42.5%
--No disability: 6,729 (77.72%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,146 (100%)
--With a disability: 487 (42.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,552 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,009 (61.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,991 (34.3%)
--Same county: 4,802 (33%)
--Different county: 189 (1.3%)
----Same state: 124 (0.85%)
----Different state: 65 (0.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 552 (3.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,180 (100%)
Native: 7,731 (47.78%)
--Born in United States: 7,461 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,935 (42.86%)
----Different state: 526 (3.25%)
--Born outside United States: 270 (1.67%)
Foreign born: 8,449 (52.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,259 (13.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,605 (16.1%)
--Not a citizen: 5,844 (36.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,449 (100%)
Europe: 102 (1.21%)
Asia: 87 (1.03%)
Africa: 6 (0.07%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8,254 (97.69%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,552 (100%)
English only: 1,643 (11.29%)
Language other than English: 12,909 (88.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,998 (54.96%)
--Spanish: 12,765 (87.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,901 (54.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 56 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 67 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,180 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,728% (91.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 51 (0.32%)
French (except Basque): 24 (0.15%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 112 (0.69%)
Greek: 66 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 100 (0.62%)
Italian: 32 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 40 (0.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (0.24%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.04%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 277 (1.71%)
Welsh: 12 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 13,951 (86.22%)

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